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Southeast Missouri Farms. Son of sharecropper in bedroom of shack home

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Son of sharecropper sitting on front porch of shack home, New Madrid C...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mount Carmel,] Pennsylvania. A bird's-eye view of the town showing tw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York views. Trees with hills in background in New York II

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rear porch of old cabin of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of sharecropper washing clothes, Southeast Missouri Farms

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Southeast Missouri Farms. FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, f...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Washington, D.C. A street scene, probably 14th Street, showing automob...

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

State highway officials moving sharecroppers away from roadside to are...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecropper, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sharecroppers being moved from roadside to area between the levee and ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A couple of men sitting on top of a boat, Texas, during Great Depressi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

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Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a horse drawn wagon, Mississippi. Farmers d...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corner of kitchen of tenant farmer living in Merigold, Mississippi. Ba...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

View of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, from High Street showing Bear Mount...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American farmstead with farming land in background. Llano de S...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parking lot with shipyards in background. Quincy, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign on highway No. 165 near Fort Beauregard (beds and heat). New cons...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a boat dock. Office of War Information Phot...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Sagebrush and ranch buildings with butte in the background. Near Havre...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morenci, Arizona. The copper mine railroad on which the ore is transpo...

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. Background: the raw materials. Foreground: the...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Washington, D.C. Line of prospective swimmers, awaiting their turn at ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sandusky, Ohio. Looking across the Pennsylvania Railroad docks from nu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Pipeline for "water to Hong Kong", with crops growing in the foregrou...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a pipe, pipeline, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with mules bought by governm...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Family of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, former sharecropp...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a group of children - FSA / Office of War I...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sharecropper family on front porch of cabin, New Madrid County, Missou...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two men near stone structure, yurt in background]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family of sharecropper on front porch, Southeast Missouri Farms

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Madrid spillway where evicted sharecroppers were moved from highwa...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window of Thanksgiving showing Rev. ...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions drawing image.

[ Danny Kaye, holding a microphone and conducting baton, performs at t...

July 2-5, 1972 (date) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission ... More

[Standing soldier, frock coat, kepi, painted background, dirt floor, d...

Photograph shows an unidentified African American soldier, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing in front of studio backdrop.

[Allegorical scene of Madonna holding Jesus in one arm and holding anc...

Public domain reproduction of religious Christian art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Washington, District of Columbia. Ex-Confederate iron-clad ram STONEWA...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Illuminated fountains in foreground, and the Palace of Liberal Arts i...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fields with farm buildings in the background]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Three adult Indians and one child, half-length portrait with mountain...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[People socializing at Chautauqua, New York, with Lake Chautauqua in b...

H113723 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A woman stands disconsolate, as another bends over a dead soldier; a ...

Proof is signed in pencil by the artist. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reference prints, 1919-1920, numbers 2133-2377. River rushing over roc...

A black and white photo of a river with a small waterfall in the middle. A picture of a river with trees in the background. Public domain postcard scan.

Waffle iron. Closed waffle iron on dark background I

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photographs. Two men standing next to American flag, dark bac...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Evangeline Booth, White House in background. Washington, D.C.]

A black and white photo of a woman in a coat and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Automobile; State, War and Navy Building in background. Washington, D...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[White House visitor; State, War and Navy Building in background. Wash...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman with dog; Lincoln memorial in background]

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man standing by tree, terraced hills in background]

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. General view of spillway with powerhou...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Gamala (Kal'at el-Huson, east of the Sea of Galilee). Gamala from the ...

Photo shows the site of the ancient Greek city of Susita (Hippos) on the east side of the Sea of Galilee. (Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009)

[African American convicts working with axes, watchtower in background...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Convicts Reed Camp, SC; Dec. 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians... More

Gamala (Kal'at el-Huson east of the Sea of Galilee). Bedouin tent near...

Public domain photograph of bedouin, arab, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gamala (Kal'at el-Huson east of the Sea of Galilee). Bedouin tent near...

Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ain Geb. Jewish settlement on the east side of S. Galilee. The settlem...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crowd; Washington Monument in background, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Funeral procession across Arlington Memorial Bridge with Lincoln Memo...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sudan. Malakal. Shiluks with plane in background

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sharecropper's privy, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Daughter of sharecropper on steps of front porch, New Madrid County, M...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client and former sharecr...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Southeast Missouri Farms. Photograph showing combination storage room ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Child of sharecropper, Southeast Missouri Farms

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Old henhouse and privy, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mother and child former sharecropper, now FSA (Farm Security Administr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a child of a farmer, migrant worker, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southeast Missouri Farms. Photograph showing combination storage room ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Missouri Farms. Daughter of sharecropper in corner of shack ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Children of sharecropper, Southeast Missouri Farms Project

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

New Madrid County, Missouri. Tub of stringbeans in sharecropper's home

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Husband and wife, old sharecroppers, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sharecropper family living near southeast Missouri Farms

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Improvised henhouse of sharecroppers, Southeast Missouri Farms

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sharecropper's shed, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, former sharecropper, Southe...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southeast Missouri Farms. Negro sharecropper family in home from which...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southeast Missouri Farms. Sharecropper's daughter sewing in combinatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Rear of sharecropper's cabin, Southeast Missouri Farms

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

View of stack of food storage roof trusses, Southeast Missouri Farms P...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client's wife with cow, Southeast M...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Madrid County, Missouri. Kitchen of sharecropper's house

Public domain photograph of American working class people in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southeast Missouri Farms. Woman preparing gravy in corner of kitchen s...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers on Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

State highway officials moving sharecroppers away from roadside to are...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Evicted sharecroppers along Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Because of lack of storage space it is necessary to keep agricultural ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln, Nebraska. State capitol in background

Public domain photograph of Nebraska in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias. The staff group with lake in bac...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burley tobacco, unusually small and poor crop because of severe drough...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.